Andreas Lambrou is a world-renowned expert of all things fountain pen.  He has released two parts of his book trilogy on fountain pens of the world.  Following the very successful Fountain Pens of the United States of America and the United Kingdom, he launched the second installment, Fountain Pens of Japan, which took 12,000 man hours in research, in 2012.

Massdrop will offer these books for a truly great price soon, and was kind enough to send me these books for review purposes.  If you’re interested in buying these excellent, well-researched, and fabulously illustrated books, check out their “Drop” here.

We’ll be singing when we’re winning.
We’ll be singing:
I get knocked down, but I get up again: you’re never gonna keep me down.
I get knocked down, but I get up again: you’re never gonna keep me down.
I get knocked down, but I get up again: you’re never gonna keep me down.
I get knocked down, but I get up again: you’re never gonna keep me down.
-Chumbawamba, Tubthumping

At least, so I hope.  I don’t really know what happened, YouTube did not get back to me, but the most important thing is that my videos are back online.  Thank you all for your very kind support and your patience.  I feel really honoured to have such a loyal base of fans and friends.

And for whomever reads this, there’s a lot of nice reviews coming up in the near future: two very nice OMAS pens, the Greatest Of All Time 2014 edition…  So keep an eye on my channel.

For now, I wish you and yours a very merry Christmas and a wonderful 2014 full of gorgeous pens and luscious inks.

Hi everybody,

YouTube has suspended my account for “repeated or severe violations of community guidelines”.  I have no idea what’s going on; I don’t see how reviewing fountain pens can be considered either.

I am looking into the matter, and I’ll try to keep you posted here.  I hope I can come back soon.

What a lovely Christmas gift…

Stephen

Anno 2014!